Jamal was arrested by Immigration Customs Enforcement officers on his front lawn in January while taking his children to school.

"He was on what's called an order of supervision," says Hawaii immigration attorney, Clare Hanusz, who explains that since 2012, Jamal was required to check in with Immigration officials and stay out of trouble.

"ICE recognized he wasn't a danger to society, he wasn't a national security threat, and he had strong humanitarian grounds to stay, in his case, he had a wife and three children."

Hanusz says this was common practice under the Obama administration.

"There was prosecutorial discretion, that was favorably exercised in those kind of cases that would allow people to stay with their families."

"Now under the Trump administration, all of the warm and fuzzy language about humanitarian grounds and equities, ties that people have to their families and their communities, its all off the table. So it's quite black and white."

On Jan. 24, a judge ruled Jamal would be deported. But a federal immigration panel re-issued a stay, allowing Jamal to remain in the country while legal proceedings move forward.